Cartridge Tape Formats

[Dave Edwards]

Would someone refresh my memory about 1/4" cartridge tape drive formats?
I recently tried to copy a tape and it didn't work when I specified the
drive as /dev/rst0, but worked fine when I called it /dev/rst8.  I recall
something about this being on the net before, but I can't seem to find the
postings any more.  Please E-mail and thanks in advance!

                                       - Dave Edwards
                                         MITRE Corp.
                                         davee at mitre.org